His Excellency, The Most Reverend Joseph Mary Marling, CPPS Born Centralia, West Virginia, August 31, 1904. Ordained a priest for the Society of the Precious Blood on February 21, 1929, in the Chapel of the Assumption of St. Charles Borremeo Seminary, Carthagena, Ohio, by Archbishop John T. McNicholas, OP. Engaged in academic and pastoral work. Elected provincial of the U.S. Province in 1939. Appointed at age 42 as Auxiliary Bishop of Kansas City, Missouri, by Pope Pius XII. Consecrated on August 6, 1947 at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains in Cincinnati, Ohio, by Archbishop Edwin V. O’Hara. His Episcopal motto was “Per Sanguinem Crucis,” meaning “Through the Blood of the Cross.” Appointed at age 52 as the First Bishop of Jefferson City on August 29, 1956. Installed by Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter of St. Louis on November 27, 1956, in the Cathedral of St. Peter, Jefferson City. He built a new Cathedral, twenty-five churches, twenty-nine schools, thirty rectories, sixteen convents and a Carmelite Monastery. Established the diocesan newspaper, Newman centers, a high school seminary and missions in Peru. Participated in all four sessions of Vatican II. He was a scholar, creative innovator, skilled negotiator, voracious reader, outstanding preacher and holy, dedicated order priest. Pope Paul VI accepted his resignation on July 2, 1969. Died in Kansas City, Missouri, at 75 years old on October 2, 1979 and was buried from the Cathedral of St. Joseph by Bishop Michael F. McAuliffe. His remains were interred, at his request, in the Precious Blood Community Cemetery on the seminary grounds of Carthagena, Ohio. He was a priest for 50 years and a bishop for 32 years. Eternal Rest grant unto him, O Lord.
Bishop Michael Francis McAuliffe
His Excellency, The Most Reverend Michael Francis McAuliffe Born Kansas City, Kansas, November 22, 1920. Ordained a priest for the Diocese of Kansas City, Missouri, by Archbishop Edwin V. O’Hara in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Kansas City, on May 31, 1945. Engaged in pastoral and diocesan ministries. Named a Monsignor in 1957. Appointed at the age of 48 as Second Bishop of Jefferson City on July 2, 1969, by Pope Paul VI. Ordained a Bishop and installed at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Jefferson City by Archbishop Luigi Raimondi, Apostolic Delegate to the United States, on August 18, 1969. His Episcopal motto was “In Truth and Charity.” Encouraged Catholic education, promoted vocations, the permanent diaconate, social concerns, established diocesan pastoral council and spiritual renewal programs for clergy and laity. He received national notoriety for his promotion of the Role of Women in the Church. He built 21 new churches and ordained 78 priests and 84 permanent deacons. Grand Prior of the Northern Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. Pope John Paul II accepted his retirement on June 25, 1997, when he became Bishop Emeritus. Active in retirement until ill health. Died at 85 years old on January 9, 2006, in Kansas City, Missouri, and was buried from the Cathedral of St. Joseph by Bishop John R. Gaydos. He remains were interred, at his request, in the Priests’ lot of Resurrection Cemetery in Jefferson City. He was priest for 60 years and a bishop 36 years. Eternal Rest grant unto him, O Lord.
